LUCINDA WILLIAMS: This Sweet Old World (Thirty Tigers)

ON THIS re-recording of her 1992 album Sweet Old World, Williams plays raw blues, rockabilly and Americana. A Louisiana country singer who embraces the rock spirit of Exile On Main Street, she channels Jagger on Pineola and combines her gutsy southern drawl with jangly guitar on Six Blocks Away. A cover of Nick Drake’s Which Will is exceptional and, with four new songs, this isn’t just a retread.